Jewelry



H. STERN Sept. 8, 1925.

JEWELRY Filed Nov. 22, 1924 @noting-Y Patented sept. 8,1925.

UNITEDA STATES PATENT 1,553,195' OFFICE.

HENRY sam, or maw Yonx, N. Y.

JEWELRY.

Application led November 22, 1924.

, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others lskilled in4the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in jewelry and while myimprovements are particularly adapted to finger rings, they may beapplied also to other articles of jewelry.

One object of the invention is to provide a reversiblev setting, therespective faces of which may present different appearances or rovidedwith different jewels, emblems or lnsignia, and which shall be sopivotally mounted that it shall normally fitv snugly within and besurroundedV by an open frame which forms a part of the article ofjewelry, so that when the improvements are applied to a linger ring, thefinger of the wearer will serve to prevent the setting from Aturning,and to provide simple means to hold the setting from turning when thering or other article of jewelry 1s not in use or which will operate assupplementary means to assist turning of the setting when the article ofjewelry 1s in use.

With this an'd other objects `in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter set forth and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings;

. Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of myimprovements .t0 a finger ring;

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken at right angles to Figure 2, and

Fi ure 4 is 'a face view.

en my improvements are applied to a finger ring as illustrated in thedrawings,

the ring 1 is made with an open frame 2 having a shape conformingto theperipheral outline of the setting to e employed. In the drawing, theframe 2 is shown as having? a general rectangular shape but it isapparent that it maybe circular, elliptical or any other desired shape.

, Within the frame 2 and snu ly embraced thereby, the setting 3 ispivotaly mounted,

`which the setting is pivotal] the open frame may be carrie by thelatter serial No. 151,515.

and the setting per se may have a band 4 around the same, said bandbeing made with `a corrugation 4 to engage in a groove 4b in the settingper se. The pintles 5 by mounted inl and caused at their inner ends topivotally engage the. band 4 -of the settin at diametrically oppositepoints. In t e drawings, the setting is shown as being pivotally v.

mounted centrally between its ends, but it is evident that the pintlesmay be, located at res ective ends of the setting when the same 1selongated in form, if desired.

My improvements permit the interchangeable display of diiierentappearances of settings, as one side of the setting may carry a jewel,insignia or symbol and the other side either plain or provided with adifferent jewel, insignia or symbol. In the drawing, one side of thesetting is shown as having the initial S thereon and the other side ascarrying a jewel or star-shaped object 6.

By mounting the setting within an open frame on the ring, said settingwill, when the ring is being worn, be prevented from swinging orturning, by contact with the finger of the wearer and the setting maytherefor lie close to the nger and not project unduly from the ring.

I As supplementary means to prevent the setting from turning when thering or otherl article of jewelry is being worn, and to preventturningof the setting when the ring or other article of jewelry is notin. use, a

suitable spring catch may be employed. In

the present instance, a .spring catch 7 is shown. This may consist of aspring secured tothe frame 2 opposite a recess 8 therein and having a.rounded rend portion 9 to engage in the groove formed by the corrugation4a in the setting band 4.

light changes might be made in the details of construction of myinvention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scoe and hence I do not wish to restrict myse f to the precise detailshere- Y that one face of said settingl will normally be approximatelyflush with the inner edges of the frame, whereby said setting will beprevented normally from turning by engagement with the finger of thewearer, and a spring catch interposed between said pivoted setting andsaid frame.

2. A linger ring structure, comprising a band including an open frame, areversible setting pivotally mounted in said open frame andsubstantially filling the same so that one face of said setting willnormally be approximately flush vwith the inner edges of the frame, wereby said setting will be prevented normally from turning byr engaement with the finger of the wearer, an a spring catoh interposedbetween saidA pivot- A ed setting and said frame, said spring catchbeing located to engage a art of said setting at approximately rig tangles to the pivot axis of the latter.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

. HENRY STERN.

